GE Earnings: How to Trade the Stock

The market is conflicted heading into GE's earnings report. Here's how to use options to collect a dividend or buy the stock cheaper.

When an important stock like General Electric is preparing to report earnings, you want to see conviction in the options market. A strong bias toward bearish puts or bullish calls can be used to extrapolate investor sentiment toward the broad market. It is also easy to trade against.

But when you encounter mixed sentiment, as is the case with GE (ticker: GE) ahead of Friday's earnings, it is somewhat disquieting, especially just a few...